Morning journal and courier., 1887-05-17
CROOKS ARE KEPT MOVING.
Ptckpockets and Bunco Men are hust. led Along by the New York Police.
 IErnrn ha

Pickpockets and Bunco Men are kaust- led Along by the New York Police. From the St. Louis Republican, It is one of the boasts of the New York detectives that they are personally acquan- ted with all the professional criminals in l and near town. The results of this acquain- tance are often peculiar. You are talking with Detective Prior a few feet from the door l of the Fifth Avenue Hotel, and he sees g young dandy halt few feet away. "Better keep right on, he says to the dan dy; "hurry up, now"
 "Oh, good morning" says the dandy. ''Pm only going to set my watch"
 "That is Kid Miller, chief of the bunco men and the detective will not allow him to stop in front of the hotel. You are pushing your way into Macy's shopping store, and little lady-like body is just ahead of you. Suddenly some one steps up to her and roughly orders her to 'fGst out at once."
 Certainly, sir," sine says, very meekly. q was only going to match piece of silk"
 She lies. She is 8 shoplifter, and the man who ordered her out is detective.
 Perhaps you are at the Arion hall with it's 5000 dancers and lockers on. You walk in the lobby near the entrace for breath of air, and meet Capt. Williams, in uniform, alert and handsome as an eagle. He darts from your side and stands in front of stout, elderly, gentleman so as to oppose his prog ress.
 ''What do you mean by coming here?'
 The man answers boldly: fMy wife is here, and have come to take her home.
 tThatll do now," says the Captain; ''there's the door; get!" And, as Artemus Ward used to say, ''he gets" The man is pickpocket.
 A neatly dressed, rather substantial look ing man of middle age sends in his card to Inspector Byrnes at Police Headquarters. The name on the card is that of burglar better known by an alias, say "Red Leary," for instance.
 "Well, what do you wantg' MT. Byrnes asks, grufdy. He has an especial tone for men of that class, and it is tone that for bids familiarity and suggest mastery, very different tone from the quiet and easy for his friends.
 'sI would like to be in Wall street for if teen minutes to morrow, Inspector" says the burglar. "I want to see about persona natter
 'I will have one of my corps meet you at Broad and Wall at noon, sharp" says | Byrnes.
 l The burglar thanked the official for it is a | favor to such man even to be allowed to go I to the money centre with detective at his 1 shoulder all the time he is there. To go l without this permission and escort means a certainty of being arrested and locked up. 1 The only known crooks that get into Wall street under Byrnes are men in business there ] whose offences he cannot punish; the only l others are the employees who default now and ! then.
 This is not the only part of town that
 snaoy cna1~>tArs are excluded from. It has
 alWays been 1aVolae~ method with Capt
 "If you ever put your foot in my pleeinni
 I'll send you up" This may not be accord
 ing to law, but it's according to fact, ant
 they give that precinct wide berth. Pick
 pockets like the Allen brothers, who are vel
 known, have a hard time of it in New York
 No matter how much they may want to SCI
 play or ball game, or attend a meeting
 there is apt to be some one to stop them a
 the entrance with ''right-about face, now You can't get in here" I have seen a pick
 pocket hustled along like bit of down il the wind from one block to another, whil
 apparently an innocent spectator of a stree ] parade.